Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

These boots are made for selfies.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.